http://snowclones.org/2007/05/31/if-eskimos-have-n-words-for-snow-x-have-y-words-for-z/ Snowclones are the new eggcorns. Tue, 15 May 2012 22:58:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://snowclones.org/2007/05/31/if-eskimos-have-n-words-for-snow-x-have-y-words-for-z/#comment-9347 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:54:58 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/05/31/if-eskimos-have-n-words-for-snow-x-have-y-words-for-z/#comment-9347 [...] I also came across a Dutch interview with Bush where she suggests that the Klingon part was provided by an expert in the language who Stephen Fry happened to know. Perhaps this was the computational linguist d’Armond Speers (who taught Klingon to his son), interviewed by Fry in a segment on Klingon in “Fry’s Planet Word.” Or perhaps it was the inventor of Klingon himself, Marc Okrand. In any case, the song turns out to be a fascinating excursion that ends up worlds away from the original snowclone. [...]

]]> http://snowclones.org/2007/05/31/if-eskimos-have-n-words-for-snow-x-have-y-words-for-z/#comment-8320 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:13:10 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/05/31/if-eskimos-have-n-words-for-snow-x-have-y-words-for-z/#comment-8320 [...] logger peeving about Eskimos notwithstanding, I enjoy this genre of writing as much as, say, Mickey [...]

]]> http://snowclones.org/2007/05/31/if-eskimos-have-n-words-for-snow-x-have-y-words-for-z/#comment-2288 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:41:00 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/05/31/if-eskimos-have-n-words-for-snow-x-have-y-words-for-z/#comment-2288 [...] If Eskimos have N words for snow, X have Y words for Z [...]

]]> http://snowclones.org/2007/05/31/if-eskimos-have-n-words-for-snow-x-have-y-words-for-z/#comment-8 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:55:55 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/05/31/if-eskimos-have-n-words-for-snow-x-have-y-words-for-z/#comment-8 @dave: cool! I just gave a presentation on snowclones yesterday, myself.

]]> http://snowclones.org/2007/05/31/if-eskimos-have-n-words-for-snow-x-have-y-words-for-z/#comment-7 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:39:25 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/05/31/if-eskimos-have-n-words-for-snow-x-have-y-words-for-z/#comment-7 btw… thought you might find this interesting. I’m using your site as part of my presentation tomorrow… http://www.pageflakes.com/cormier/11091021

]]> http://snowclones.org/2007/05/31/if-eskimos-have-n-words-for-snow-x-have-y-words-for-z/#comment-6 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 14:36:01 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/05/31/if-eskimos-have-n-words-for-snow-x-have-y-words-for-z/#comment-6 I’m in ur blogz, lovin’ ur snoclons

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